Sardinia elects leftwing president, in blow to Giorgia Meloni
by Angela Giuffrida in Rome from World news | The Guardian on (#6JXXA)
Alessandra Todde of the Five Star Movement, backed by the Democratic party, is the Italian island's first female president
The Italian prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, has suffered her first regional election setback since taking power after a leftwing candidate was elected president of Sardinia.
Alessandra Todde, a politician with the Five Star Movement (M5S) who was backed by the Democratic party (PD), has become the island's first female president, narrowly beating Paolo Truzzu, the rightwing candidate chosen by Meloni.
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